Grammatica hungarolatina

was an outstanding figure of Hungarian humanism. He translated the entire New Testament into Hungarian (1541) using Eras mus's Greek-Latin version as his mo del. For that great undertaking, the work presented in this volume, Grammatica Hungarolatina (1539), served as a preliminary study. The work neatly fits into the process of Europe's growing appreciation for the value of "unrefined" (native) languages. Fol lowing the examples of other nations, Sylvester prepared a work explaining the grammar rules of his mother tongue parallel to those of Latin. Simultaneously, he clarified the characteristic differences between Hungarian and Latin grammars. The present edition is the first critical edition of Grammatica Hungarolatina. The text was published twice in the 19th century (1808, 1866). The latter was re issued twice in the 20th century. The present edition differs markedly from the previous publications. Errors in the original text have been corrected and an apparatus criticus has been added. The paradigms are no longer given as a con - tinuous text, but have been organized into chart form, giving the work more clarity. The fact summary contains mostly less known names of persons and geographical locations. It also refers to the circumstances of the origin of Gram matica Hungarolatina and other areas of Syl vester's work. Tartalomjegyzék: Preface 7 Jdnos Sylvesters life andwork 7 Jdnos Sylvesters linguistic works 9 Grammatica Hungarolatina 11 The earlier editions and the literature o/Grammatica Hungarolatina .... 14 About the present edition 15 Bibliography 17 Selected Bibliography for the Development ofthe Grammatic Literature of Vernacular Languages 17 The Earlier Editions o/Grammmatica Hungarolatina 19 Jdnos Sylvester Bibliography 19 The Editor s Works Related to the Topic 20 Abbreviations 22 GRAMMATICA HUNGAROLATINA in usum puerorum recens scripta Ioanne Sylvestro Pannonio autore 23 EPISTOLA NUNCUPATORIA 27 .... 29 DE ORTHOGRAPHIA HUNGARICI SERMONIS 34 36 QUALITAS 36 COMPARATIO 36 GENUS 37 NUMERUS 48 FIGURA 51 CASUS 52 5 61 QUALITAS 69 GENUS 69 NUMERUS 70 FIGURA 70 PERSONA 70 CASUS 70 79 QUALITAS 79 CONIUGATIO 79 GENUS 83 NUMERUS 84 FIGURA 84 TEMPUS 84 PERSONA 84 112 113 116 117 118 EXPLANATORY NOTES 119 INDEX 135 Index of personal names 137 Index of geographical names 140